| Area: | Route: | Grade: | Date: | Comments: |
| Ailladie | Lisdoonfarout | HS 4a | 13/11/05 | onsight, my first lead. Done with Neal McQuaid |
| Dalkey | Eliminate A | VD | 18/11/05 | onsight with Peter Enright |
| Dalkey | Yorkshire Pudding | HS 4b | 18/11/05 | with Peter Enright |
| Dalkey | Savage Rib | HS 4a | 18/11/05 | onsight, started intending to do Savage arete and got a bit lost. Done with Peter Enright |
| Dalkey | Ivy Chimney | S 5a | 27/11/05 | with Neil Carolan |
| Dalkey | Up Slide Run | VS 4c | 11/12/05 | onsight with Neil Thomas |
| Dalkey | Street Fighter | VS 4c | 11/12/05 | onsight with Neil Thomas |
| Dalkey | Tramp | VS 4c | 16/12/05 | onsight with Claire Doran (just after she fell off it and popped 2 pieces of gear) |
| Dalkey | Damocles | S 4a | 16/12/05 | onsight with Claire Doran |
| Dalkey | Gargoyle Groove | HVS 5b | 23/12/05 | with Neil Thomas |
| Dalkey | Pilaster | VS 4c | 27/12/05 | onsight with Neil Thomas |
| Dalkey | Orcrist Goblin-Cleaver | HS 4b | 27/12/05 | with Neil Thomas, badly needs to be cleaned, I couldn't get to any anchor points so I ended up having to down-climb. |
| Dalkey | Giants Staircase | S 3c | 24/01/06 | solo |
| Dalkey | Savage Rib | HS 4a | 24/01/06 | solo |
| Dalkey | Paradise Lost | VD | 24/01/06 | solo |
| Dalkey | F Route | HS 4b | 24/01/06 | solo |
| Dalkey | Eliminate B Dash | VD | 24/01/06 | onsight solo |
| Dalkey | Up Slide Run | VS 4c | 24/01/06 | solo |
| Dalkey | Eliminate A | VD | 24/01/06 | solo |
| Dalkey | Giants Staircase | S 3c | 26/01/06 | With John White and Burcu Cetin |
| Dalkey | Scavenger/Exertion | HVS 5a | 27/01/06 | foot slipped off on first move and I fell onto gear, started from the start again and got it clean, but lost the onsight. With Dave Stacey |
| Dalkey | Mahjongg | VS 4c | 27/01/06 | Took a two meter fall on good gear when my foot slipped off a smear(wet day)...flake very loose, I couldn't place gear behind it. With John White |
| Dalkey | Superette | HVS 5a | 31/01/06 | Sweet climb...good finger jams to finish with bomber gear. with Burcu Cetin |
| Dalkey | Charleston Direct | VS 4c | 31/01/06 | nice bridging route, much better than Charleston. onsight with Burcu Cetin |
| Dalkey | Hiatus | HS 4b | 10/02/06 | Backed off Stereo-Tentacles and finished up this instead. With Burcu Cetin |
| Dalkey | Bushmills | E1 5b | 10/02/06 | third times the charm for me on this route...good but short lived. With Burcu Cetin |
| Dalkey | Dirty Dick | VS 4b | 10/02/06 | great gear....onsight with Burcu Cetin |
| Dalkey | Fang | HVS 5a | 19/03/06 | Loose block at the scramble to the top...fell off later that day narrowly missing a climber. onsight with Neil Thomas |
| Dalkey | Gargoyle Groove Direct | E1 5b | 14/04/06 | A bit slimey on the day that I did it but it was still dry enough. First use of the new club 1.5 friend. with Neil Thomas |
| Dalkey | Erewhon | E2 5b | 14/04/06 | Didn't get it clean, missed out on the jug 2/3's between the 2nd and 3rd borehole. with Neil Thomas |
| Dalkey | Thrust | HVS 4c,5a | 14/04/06 | onsight with Neil Thomas |
| Dalkey | Frenzy | E1 5b | 11/05/06 | onsight with Colm O Riain. Well protected bridging climb, the start could be better protected with micro's |
| Dalkey | Jameson 10 | VS 4b | 28/05/06 | Onsight with Neil Carolan. |
| Dalkey | Delectissima | S 4a | 31/05/06 | Solo |
| Dalkey | Dirty Dick | VS 4b | 31/05/06 | Solo |
| Dalkey | Tramp | VS 4c | 31/05/06 | Solo |
| Dalkey | Jameson 10 | VS 4b | 31/05/06 | Solo |
| Dalkey | Great Eastern | HVS 5b | 31/05/06 | Onsight with Stephen Ryan. Great gear, great climb, great times. Loose block at the last move but it's secure. |
| Dalkey | The Ghost | E2 5b | 04/06/06 | With Colm O Riain. Great fun, but easy for an E2, just exposed. I'd never done this before on top-rope or other wise, would have been onsight if it wasn't for Colm's tips while I was on it |
| Dalkey | Spailpin | E1 5c | 04/06/06 | Onsight with Colm O Riain, way too hot when I did it, I went up to do Kowabunga but couldn't stick the smears in the heat and I fell off. So the onsight is debateable really. |
| Dalkey | Notorious | E2 5c | 07/06/06 | With Colm O Riain. I don't think the crux is 5c I'd say easier, it's just ballsy. Very easy for an E2. |
| Dalkey | Hoochie Coochie Couloir | E1 5c | 07/06/06 | With Colm O Riain. Tough, I need to go back and get this clean. Sidewards size 2 to start, size 5 peanut sideways for the second piece and size 1 friend for the 3rd piece. |
| Clogwyn Y Grochan | Brant Direct | HVS 5a | 03/09/06 | Was soaking wet. A well protected corner with the crux at the top. With Kate Brady |
| Clogwyn Y Grochan | Kaisergebirge Wall | HVS 5b | 03/09/06 | A L-wards trending traverse. Well protected where it counts, but feels more exposed as the route progresses. The start was wet so I started as for Al Fresco. With Kate Brady |
| Fairhead | The Fence | VS 4c | 09/09/06 | Great little VS, I found that chimneying up it made the middle section really easy....great gear! onsight with Dawid Norwak |
| Fairhead | Pangur Ban | HVS 5a | 09/09/06 | Good long route, loose flake at the top so don't crank on it too much. onsight with Dawid Norwak. |
| Dalkey | Stereo-Tentacles | HVS 5a | 15/09/06 | Backed off it a good while back with Burcu......but I just can't see why now. Great route! With John White. |
| Dalkey | Cirrus Minor | E1 5b | 19/09/06 | Watched Colm O Rian fall of it....he survived intact so in theory so could I. Took a long time to commit but I got it clean. With John White. |
| Dalkey | The Gnasher | E2 6a | 19/09/06 | Whaaa great route....can't wait to go back for round two. I fell many times and it really took it out of me. The top out unfortunatly is shit! With John White. |
| Ailladie | Nutrocker | HVS 5a | 12/11/06 | Wanted to bag this for a long time. Unfortunatly had to leave a cam in it....DCU's not mine. This is the one year anniversary of me starting leading *snif*. With Englebert Portenkirchner |
| Dalkey | The Shield | E2 5c | 10/12/06 | How many times does it take to get this bloody thing clean!!! I'll be back on it again soon, my foot popped off a smear in a place I'd never fallen before. But I have noticed that my technique and stamina has improoved. I didn't feel tired after being spat out this time. Far from onsight with Neil Thomas but at least I got up it. |
| Dalkey | Tenashity | E1 5c | 22/03/07 | Second times the charm. Took a while to get back to this, but it was fun. With Diarmuid Bourke. |
| Dalkey | Tower Ridge Direct | E2 5c | 24/03/07 | DAMN COLD FINGERS, screwed up the crux by keeping my hands too low. One woosie fall with Hendrik (Westwood). |
| Dalkey | Blazing Saddles | E2 5c | 24/03/07 | Great route, but now I'm very bloody tired. Fell off it many times and I definitly have to go back to settle a score with it. With Hendrik (Westwood). |
| Dalkey | Ex-Ivy Wall | HVS 5b | 25/03/07 | Solo. I'd seconded someone up it the day before, one trick wonder really...not worth the hassle to lead. |
| Muckross Head | Cois Farraige | VS 4c | 31/03/07 | Very tough move at the bottom for a VS. Deceptively steep after the crux aswell. Onsight with Ailish Grennan |
| Muckross Head | Elvis | E3 6a | 01/04/07 | Great route with REALLY sustained climbing. Very well protected, a bit soft for the grade. I've to go back and get it clean. With Ailish Grennan. |
| Dalkey | Thrust | HVS 4c,5a | 05/04/07 | Solo |
| Dalkey | Kowabunga | E1 5c | 09/04/07 | Fell off this last year and Sean got it on camera. Much easier this time. With Ailish Grennan. |
| Dalkey | Tom Tit | E2 6a | 09/04/07 | I'd tried this on top rope before, but never got the 6a move. After the last time I did it a few months back I said I'd only lead it from now on. My first 6a clean. With Ailish Grennan. |
| Dalkey | Erewhon | E2 5b | 09/04/07 | Solo. Didn't really mean to do it, I was over playing around with the first moves like usual but it just felt like the thing to do so I kept going...Ailish almost killed me. |
| Dalkey | Graham Crackers | HVS 5a | 28/04/07 | onsight with Annika Vauth. Fun route in a great position, good reason to own a set of doubles. |
| Dalkey | Maricon | E3 5c | 29/04/07 | Onsight with Rob Whelan. It looks great on the cover of the guide so I thought sure why not. My first E3 onsight, felt much easier than I expected and very well protected. Used to be graded E4 6a but it's nothing near that hard. Strange belay at the top though. |
| Fairhead | Fireball | E1 5b | 05/05/07 | I love gear on demand! Nice crack at the start, easier than it looks with lot's of face holds. Onsight with Stuart Wallace. |
| Fairhead | Roaring Meg | VS 5a,4b,4a | 06/05/07 | Great multipitch, I've done a few and this by far the best. 100m of fun for me and Stuart Wallace. I lead pitch 1&3 and Stu lead pitch 2. |
| Dalkey | Pauls Edge | HVS 5a | 20/05/07 | Solo. A revisit to one of the first climbs I ever did in the quarry...it only took me 3 years to get back to it. |
| Dalkey | Astrodog | E2 5c | 20/05/07 | Onsight with Neil Thomas. Nice climb well protected but not as well protected as it looks. The rocks feels a bit loose in places but it all held when I cranked on it |
| Dalkey | Body Stretcher | HVS 5b | 29/05/07 | I seconded Sean Walsh last year on this and i kept meaning to lead it after. With John White. |
| Ailladie | Skywalker | E3 5c | 03/06/07 | One damn stupid fall, really great climb though. No way it's E3....I give it E2 5c, very well protected. With Ailish Grennan. |
| Ailladie | Bonnan Bui | VS 4c | 04/06/07 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Tough little VS, well worth doing. Pumpier than I was expecting. |
| Ailladie | Ladda | VS 4c | 04/05/07 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Tough VS here aswell, it might even deserve VS 5a...but I was having an off day when I lead it. I went up to do Box Of Chocks beside it but was having cam commitment issues after seeing Felix deck on Atomic Rooster. Generaly a bad day for me. |
| Dalkey | Joas | VS 4c | 07/06/07 | Onsight Solo. |
| Dalkey | Cirrus Minor | E1 5b | 07/06/07 | Solo. Well I suppose my lead listed before this was also a solo since I only had one piece of gear about 2m off the ground and my trusty spotter John. This time I did it without these creature comforts and it felt much easier. I must have gotten stronger since I last did it. |
| Dalkey | Gargoyle Groove | HVS 5b | 07/06/07 | Solo. No matter how many times you do this it always seems to take a fair bit of commitment to leave the groove |
| Portland | Wonderlust | 6b | 13/07/07 | A few falls at the crux, partly because I was only getting used to sports climbing again, partly just figuring out the crux. With Mikey Nicholson. |
| Portland | Lugwilers Dismal Itch | 6c | 13/07/07 | One fall, really should have got this one clean. I didn't commit to the lunge to a juggy ledge. With Mikey Nicholson. |
| Portland | Ecosystem | 6b+ | 13/07/07 | This felt like a real slog for me but I just kept on cranking. I think being up since 5am was getting to me. Onsight with Mikey Nicholson. |
| Portland | Hysterical Solitude | 6c | 14/07/07 | Great moves through a steep bulge. Took me a few falls to figure out the crux. Well worth doing. With Mikey Nicholson. |
| Portland | Choc Speedway | 6b+ | 14/07/07 | Great bridging moves followed by some climbing on coral. Pass through a short roof to an big rockover/mantle to finish. Onsight with Mikey Nicholson. |
| Portland | Kit Kat | 6b | 14/07/07 | Highly recommended! Juggy overhang with a weird off balance move to an even stranger hold. One fall as I didn't commit to the grabbing the strange hold (it is solid, it just doesn't look it.) With Mikey Nicholson. |
| Portland | Fat Falling Pigs | 6b | 14/07/07 | A bit dusty but still worthwhile. Good flowstone climbing through an overhang. Bit of a one trick wonder. Pink-point with Mikey Nicholson. |
| Portland | Monsoon Malabar | 6a | 14/07/07 | Great exposure for a sports route. Cool arete climbing and recommended. Onsight with Mikey Nicholson. |
| Portland | The Unworthy | 6c | 15/07/07 | Short pumpy roof climb. Highly recommend. Stays dry in the rain. It took a few falls to sort out the end section. I should have just pulled the rope and tried to get it clean straight after. With Mikey Nicholson. |
| Fairhead | Midnight Cruiser | E1 5b | 21/07/07 | Onsight with Claire Comiskey. Started raining just as I neared the top, I had to rush the finish to avoid wet holds. Enjoyable and well protected! |
| Fairhead | Aoife | E1 5b,5a | 21/07/07 | Onsight with Claire Comiskey and Niamh Burke. We all went slightly insane during this route. Claire started on the 2nd pitch but she backed off in the end so I ended up leading in the end. A bit loose a points near the bottom, but not too bad. Also a bit of a runout near the start, so not a great first E1 but still a good quality route. |
| Fairhead | Fáth Mo Bhuartha | E1 5b | 22/07/07 | I seconded Dawid up this on my first trip to Fairhead. I woosed out and took the easier left crack to finish, Dawid didn't. I need to go finish it properly at some stage. I found the gear on this to be even better than anything else I've done in Fairhead...and thats saying something. |
| Gola | Days Of Wonder | HVS 5b | 04/08/07 | Onsight with Eamon O Riain. Nice route, great gear. Could be longer! |
| Dalkey | Grave | S 3c | 08/08/07 | Solo. |
| Ailladie | Ground Control | HVS 5a | 18/08/07 | A bit of a wet day so I only got this done. I can't remember if I've topped this before or not. I may have topped Pheonix in the past but I'm not sure, so the onsight is questionable. With Max Barduca. |
| Dalkey | Pilaster | VS 4c | 22/08/07 | Solo, with a boulder mat. I'm fairly sure that a hold has come off this. |
| Dalkey | Crash Landing | E1 5b | 22/08/07 | Solo, with a boulder mat. I've played around with the start a few times recently but this is the first time I finished up it. Doesn't feel 2 technical grades above Pilaster though. |
| Ailladie | Phoenix | HVS 5a | 25/08/07 | See the note on Ground Control for why I don't know if this is onsight or not. Tricker and not as well protected as Ground Control. With Ailish Grennan. |
| Ailladie | Spitfire | E1 5b | 25/08/07 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. One trick wonder, more of a boulder problem with an easy finish really. |
| Ailladie | Siren | E3 5c | 26/08/07 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. The picture of Leon on this on the wall in Westwood has had me looking to this for a while. I finaly went for it and finaly ticked off my second E3. I topped out and turned around to see two bus loads of tourists filming and taking pictures...a bit strange. Definitly happy with this one! |
| Fairhead | Railroad | E1 5b | 05/09/07 | Onsight with Sean Villanueva. First route on my climbing binge. |
| Fairhead | Men Of Kernow | E5 5a,6a,6a,6a,6a/b | 06/09/07 | I only lead the first pitch Sean did ran pitch 2-4 together and then did the last pitch free for the first time, previously it was 5c+A0. The first pitch was onsight but it would probably be VS 5a on it's own. Done with Sean Villanueva. |
| Fairhead | Equinox | E2 5b,5b | 07/09/07 | With Sean Villanueva. One fall off the sustained section through the black bulge on the first pitch. What a waste I should have got this onsight. I lead both pitches and I found the second pitch significantly easier although the top-out was harder than it looked. |
| Ailladie | Saddleback Sow | HVS 5b | 08/09/07 | With Sarunas Vancevicius. Can I claim onsight for this one....probably not? I've gotten oen move off the ground on this two times before. Each time it's been wet so I downclimbed and backed off. The start was a bit harder than I was expecting, partly due to the fact that the holds were slopey and the sun had been on it for a while. The top section is grand with big jugs and foot holds on the face. Another nice aspect was that after a few falls Svan managed to pop all the gear out....a self stripping climb, how ingenious. |
| Ailladie | The Ramp | E1 5b,5a | 09/09/07 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. A classic line, my first of many on Mirror Wall hopefully. It get's easier the higher you get with some off balance moves at the start being the crux for me. Reasonably sustained at point I suppose. |
| Ailladie | Ground Control | HVS 5a | 09/09/07 | Solo |
| Ailladie | Phoenix | HVS 5a | 09/09/07 | Solo |
| Ailladie | Spitfire | E1 5b | 09/09/07 | Solo |
| Dalkey | Blood Crack | HVS 5b | 27/10/07 | With Hanna Mergner. Took me a while to get back for round two with this one, at least it felt nice and easy this time. |
| Rovinj | Panoramix | 6b | 07/10/07 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. |
| Rovinj | Jez | 6b+ | 07/10/07 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. I realy only did this so I could collect extenders off the 7a I was working beside it. Nice route though with some tentative moves. |
| Limski Kanal | Sajeta | 6b+ | 08/10/07 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Steep route taking a very natural line up the cliff. Enjoyable! |
| Limski Kanal | Bak | 6c | 08/10/07 | With Ailish Grennan. Campus moves through a roof on some realy bad hold untill you reach a jug...training must be working! Took a few falls the first time to figure out the moves through the roof. Tried it again two days later but fluffed the campus move leading to one fall...really should have given this one more go for a clean ascent. The start is really easy compared to the roof. |
| Limski Kanal | Vile | 5b | 08/10/07 | Onsight with Sarunas Vancevicius. Well kinda onsight I was trying the so called 5c beside this and I did Vile just to top out when I failed on the 5c. |
| Limski Kanal | Long Man | 7a | 10/10/07 | Redpoint with Ailish Grennan. Got it on my second attempt. My first 7a and my first redpoint. Some interesting moves through some steep rock leading to a campus move to get established above the crux. Quite happy with this one, it felt easy! |
| Limski Kanal | Krijanca | 5c | 10/10/07 | Pinkpoint with Ailish Grennan. Ailish lead the route nut fell off 3 times and landed on a ledge while trying to clip the chain. I pulled the rope and lead it to get back the extenders. Nice little route, not as bad as it looks! |
| Rovinj | Duvet Di Maiale | 6a+ | 11/10/07 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Short and pumpy! |
| Rovinj | Vitamin C | 6b | 11/10/07 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. |
| Rovinj | Nocno Kupanje | 5a | 11/10/07 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. 5a my ass, more like 6a. Svan backed off this so I did it to retrieve the one extender he left behind. Grade is way off! |
| Rovinj | Voglia Di Fresco | 6b | 11/10/07 | A few falls, I must have been tired becuase I realy screwed this one up. With Ailish Grennan. |
| Glendalough | Provo | VS 4c | 27/10/07 | With Ailish Grennan, don't remember doing this before but I must have done it on one of the freshers trips before. Lead it this time to avoid the horrible walk to the tope of Acorn Buttress. Nice lead, well protected. |
| Ailladie | Moments Of Inertia | E3 6a | 04/11/07 | I've said it before and I'll say it again...there no excuse for one fall! I've never been more annoyed this should have been onsight but I didn't commit and ended up falling off on the barn door move. I'll have to go back for round two because this is easy! With Ailish Grennan. |
| Ailladie | Tombstone Terror | E3 5b | 04/11/07 | Most serious route I've attempted yet. This one has left me with a few things to think about. I came across loose rock before I got any gear in after the crux. If it had come off, and it's a miracle it didn't since my whole weight was on it before I popped to an undercut when it first moved, it would have been game over for myself and my belayer. Pulled it off on abseil after.....abseil off bolts at the top I might add. Onsight with Ailish Grennan. |
| Fairhead | The Black Thief | VS 4b | 02/06/08 | With John Howard, first lead in 7 months...the longest I've ever gone without leading, it's good to be back. |
| Fairhead | Hell's Kitchen | HVS 5a,5a | 03/06/08 | Cimbed onsight with John Howard. I took pitch one and John cruised pitch two impressivly to tick his first HVS, he's certainly got potential. |
| LowerCove | Meat Grinder | E2 5c | 07/06/08 | With John Howard, my foot slipped and I popped off the crux. Nice route, good gear! |
| LowerCove | Overdue | E2 5c | 07/06/08 | Onsight with John Howard. Made me think a bit, more like a two trick wonder than a one trik wonder as described...stamina is looking good. |
| Spellack | Ariel | HVS 5a | 08/06/08 | Onsight with John Orr. Most work I've had to do on a HVS in a long time, lots of foot work with not great handholds...humbling. |
| Fairhead | Mizen Star | E2 5b,5b | 10/06/08 | With Adam(GOD). I'd never fallen off an E2 5b untill now, this climb smacked me down. I got super pumped at the crux due to not having the right gear to place...made for some interesting fiddling with cams. Adam took the 2nd pitch for some exposed climbing, while I prayed that he wouldn't land back on my head. I'll have to go back to this beast! |
| Dalkey | Damphommer | VS 4c | 23/06/08 | Onsight solo. |
| Dalkey | After Midnight | E2 5b | 30/06/08 | Onsight with Claire Comiskey. Been meaning to do this for a while, Calvin replacing the peg convinced me to stop putting it off. |
| Dalkey | Crime In The City | E4 6a | 30/06/08 | With Claire Comiskey. I spent a while cleaning this up recently, finally got up it this time but with falls at the crux. Need to get this clean. |
| Dalkey | Damocles | S 4a | 13/07/08 | Solo |
| Gola Dei Briganti | Quien Sabe | 6a+ | 19/07/08 | Flash with Neal McQuaid. |
| Falesia Dell'Eco | Lo Gnome E La Luna | 6a+ | 20/07/08 | Onsight with Neal McQuaid. |
| Falesia Dell'Eco | Mary Per Sempre | 6a | 20/07/08 | Onsight with Neal McQuaid, feels like a trad route with bolts. |
| Falesia Dell'Eco | Fammi Sognore | 6a | 20/07/08 | Flash with Neal McQuaid. Jason from Queens backed off this so we stripped the draws for him. |
| Falsie Di Camelot | Diamante | 6a+ | 20/07/08 | Flash with Neal McQuaid. |
| Falsie Di Camelot | Demoe | 6b+ | 20/07/08 | Flash with Neal McQuaid, mono-tastic...an interesting crux on two mono's with a rockover. I never knew I could crank so hard with such small grips. |
| Falsie Di Camelot | Le Pinetane | 6a+ | 20/07/08 | Onsight with Joanne Hession. |
| Antri Rossi | Alta Tensione | 6b | 21/07/08 | With Neal McQuaid. Steep climbing on tuffas then a traverse...should have warmed up first...ooops I fell off. Stripping the draws was horrible. |
| Grotta Dell'Edera | Remeber We As A Friend | 6a+ | 21/07/08 | Flash with Neal McQuaid. One of the best routes of the whole trip, in one of the best areas as well. |
| I Pilastri | In Scio Bolesomme | 5c/6a | 22/07/08 | With Neal McQuaid, Angela Carlin and Joanne Hession. A 400m sea level traverse.....lotsa fun. We simul-climbed it. |
| Parette Dimenticata | Mutabaruka | 6b | 23/07/08 | With Angela Carlin. Fell off this one due to a slightly silly move right at the chains....doh! |
| Grotta Dell'Edera | Bombolo | 6b | 23/07/08 | Flash with Angela Carlin. Fun climb which takes an interesting feature in the Grotto. |
| Grotta Dell'Edera | Rank Xerox | 6c+ | 23/07/08 | With Angela Carlin. So close to being a flash, missed a tick-mark hight up got super pumped and fell off. Climbs an awesome arch through steep ground on jugs. |
| Paretina Di Finalborgo | Senza Nome | 5c | 24/07/08 | Onsight with Angela Carlin. |
| Paretina Di Finalborgo | Cussle Stu Casinu | 6a | 24/07/08 | Onsight with Angela Carlin. |
| Paretina Di Finalborgo | Il Labirinto | 6a | 24/07/08 | Onsight with Angela Carlin. |
| Rocca Dell'Aia | Adele | 5c,6b+,4c,5c,4c | 24/07/08 | Onsight with Angela Carlin. I lead pitch 2, 4 and 5...running the last two together. Pitch 2 was fantastic, we got surrounded by cloud so we couldn't even see the ground after the 2nd pitch....really cool. |
| Placca Dei Maleducati | Pippi | 6a+ | 25/07/08 | Onsight with Angela Carlin. Really hard to read but good fun, it put up a good fight. |
| Placca Dei Maleducati | Aprile Dolce Dormire | 5c | 25/07/08 | Onsight with Angela Carlin. Really nice route, deserves 3 stars. |
| Placca Dei Maleducati | Cocoon | 6b+ | 25/07/08 | With Angela Carlin. Two very powerfull moves that I fell off, a cool climb. |
| Placca Dei Maleducati | Mylu | 7a | 25/07/08 | With Angela Carlin. Fun moves up an arete, I got some nasty rope burn on a fall so I never got back to it to try the redpoint. |
| Placca Dei Maleducati | Grazie Lo Stresso | 6a | 26/07/08 | Flash with Angela Carlin. |
| Rocca Dell'Aia | Variante Alla Est | 6a | 27/07/08 | Onsight with Joanne Hession. |
| Rocca Dell'Aia | Misfatto | 6a | 27/07/08 | Onsight with Joanne Hession. |
| Rocca Dell'Aia | Ultima Regina | 6b | 27/07/08 | Onsight with Joanne Hession. |
| La Cascade | Les Sales Blagues A Nanard | 6c | 12/08/08 | Fell at the first bolt, really stupid. Didn't look at the route before starting. Should have been onsight but I climbed it clean from the ground straight away afterwards. With Stein Gunnar Grastveit. |
| La Cascade | Des Trous Direct | 6b | 12/08/08 | Onsight with Stein Gunnar Grastveit. |
| La Cascade | Medecine Douce | 6c+ | 12/08/08 | Hopped on it without warning off and got super flash pumped. I climbed through the crux and fell off just before the easy slab at the end because of going wrong handed to a grip an being too pumped to reverse. Should have been onsight. Never got back to it to finish it off properly though...a pity. With Stein Gunnar Grastveit. |
| Berlin | Zagreb | 6c | 12/08/08 | Hard for the grade, had to back off 3 bolts up due to rain. Went back later that day and cruised to the last move before the chains where I slipped. Should have been onsight. With Stein Gunnar Grastveit. |
| Berlin | Super Mario | 6b | 12/08/08 | Super route, flash with Stein Gunnar Grastveit. |
| Demi Lune | Lapinerie | 7b | 12/08/08 | Only took 3 goes at this, should have given it another go since it was really close...ah well next time. With Robbie Phillips. |
| Un Pont Sur L'Infini | Equinoxe | 6c | 12/08/08 | Hard for the grade as well I thought...but vertical 6's with one hard move at a roof always seem to be. One fall when I followed the wrong chalk marks at the roof. With Stein Gunnar Grastveit. |
| Un Pont Sur L'Infini | Maowoi | 6b+ | 12/08/08 | Lovely climbing, onsight with Stein Gunnar Grastveit. I tried the 6c+ extention but the crazy spaced bolting soon made me give up on that idea...if I wanted 8m runouts on a slab I'd be climbing in The Mournes. |
| Les Maitres Du Monde | Bibendum | 7b+ | 12/08/08 | What a battle, it's the first time I've really projected something....I was so close but time ran out. On my second last day I got the closet, managing to climb it with one fall on the last move before the rest. I learnt a lot on this one. |
| Les Maitres Du Monde | Les Gros Trous | 6a | 12/08/08 | Flash with Stein Gunnar Grastveit. |
| Les Maitres Du Monde | Memoire | 6a | 12/08/08 | Onsight with Stein Gunnar Grastveit. |
| La Fuente | El Raton | 6a+ | 02/09/08 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. |
| La Fuente | Unamed | 6b | 02/09/08 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. |
| La Fuente | Vamor Tafioleando | 4+ | 02/09/08 | Flash with Ailish Grennan. |
| La Fuente | Ta Fiole Con Tonica | 5 | 02/09/08 | Flash with Ailish Grennan |
| La Fuente | Nique Ta Fiole | 5+/6a | 02/09/08 | Flash with Ailish Grennan. |
| Furia Latina | Trinchacamions | 6c | 02/09/08 | 6c my ass, harder than anything else I did in Rodellar. This was 8m's of pain....fell off it a lot and decide to avoid going near it ever again. With Ailish Grennan. |
| Furia Latina | Los Maquis | 6b+ | 02/09/08 | Heard rumours this has bee downgraded to 6b, not quite sure who it is that would think this route is 6b because it's much harder. Fell off at a section in the middle. With Ailish Grennan. |
| El Camino | Bugs Bunny | 6a+ | 02/09/08 | Onsight with Aiish Grennan. Hard start, eases with height. |
| El Camino | Agonia | 6b+ | 02/09/08 | Flash with Ailish Grennan. Last move to the chains is the crux....big move. |
| El Camino | Ziro | 6c | 02/09/08 | With Ailish Grennan. Fell off just above the 3rd bolt after following the wrong line of chalk...oops! |
| El Camino | Felipe El Her Moso | 6c | 02/09/08 | Short, steep and onsight with Ailish Grennan. |
| El Camino | La Tenda | 6c+ | 02/09/08 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan, super route. Very bouldery start then sustained on big holds to the finish....best route I did in El Camino |
| Criminal Tango | Roxy La Palmera | 6b+ | 02/09/08 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Cracking route, definitly worth a go! |
| Criminal Tango | Aranmanoth | 6c | 02/09/08 | Flash with Ailish Grennan. I climbed it to get back the draws for a French climber who hadn't been able to do it. First 6c flash...woohoo! |
| Criminal Tango | Bebe Gitano | 6c+ | 02/09/08 | With Ailish Grennan. 1 fall....oh so close to the onsight. |
| Eliminator | A Fregar | 6a | 02/09/08 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. |
| Pequeno Paraiso | Noce De Pocura | 6c+ | 02/09/08 | Cracking 6c+, would have been my first 6c+ onsight but I missed the start by accident...no hard climbing in the bottom few meters but still I didn't really do the whole thing. With Ailish Grennan. |
| Pequeno Paraiso | La Garra De Poseidon | 6b+ | 02/09/08 | Flash with Ailish Grennan. |
| Pequeno Paraiso | Las Corsarios Del Barrasil | 6c+ | 02/09/08 | With Ailish Grennan. A new route which I thought was 6b+ so I tried it without warming up, on fall on the extremely pumpy, bouldery crux. |
| Bikini | Speedy Cochon | 6a+ | 02/09/08 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan, new route, nice moves...one of the few worthwhile at this sector. |
| Bikini | Bikini | 6a+ | 02/09/08 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan, polished to fuck so it's recently been upgraded from 6a. |
| Bikini | Pajaro Loco | 6c | 02/09/08 | 1 fall with Ailish Grennan. Shitty slab, now I remember why I hate slabs on limestone. |
| Bikini | Marlen Extralujo | 6c+ | 02/09/08 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. First 6c+ onsight, still hadn't onsighted 6c at this point either...ok route considering that it's in Bikini. |
| Bikini | Acracia | 7a | 02/09/08 | I hate artificial routes, lots of crap tweaky glued on holds on this one....I fell off but only becuase I didn't want to risk hurting my finger again. Worst route of the whole trip! |
| Pince Sans Rice | Unamed | 6c+ | 02/09/08 | Redpoint with Ailish Grennan. Hard boulder start, figured out the first two moves then started again from the ground and cruised up it. |
| Pince Sans Rice | Unamed | 6b | 02/09/08 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Hardish fr the grade I thought, but I may just have been pumped from the last route still. |
| Aquest Any Si | L'Ombre De La Barea | 6c | 02/09/08 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Really easy and my first 6c onsight....woohoo. Later on the same day that I did my first 6c+ onsight. |
| Aquest Any Si | Spasiba+IVA L1 | 7a+ | 02/09/08 | Redpoint with Ailish Grennan. 3 goes. |
| StanagePlantation | Curved Arete | HVS 4c (V1) | 31/01/09 | First gritstone route, done as a highball over a mat. With Ailish Grennan spotting |
| Oughtdarra | Arnhem Direct | HVS 5b | 16/03/09 | I missed trad! Onsightish but not really as I'd seconded John Howard up Arnhem just before hand. Nice route, on an under-rated crag |
| Oughtdarra | Spicy | HVS 5a | 16/03/09 | Onsight FA with John Howard, my first FA. I pulled a hold off the arete leading to a massive barn door that I barely stuck. Johns comment on the incident was "spicy", hence the name. |
| Ailladie | Son Of Sam | E1 5c | 17/03/09 | Onsight with John Howard, short and sweet....quite a good route. |
| Ailladie | The Ocean | E2 6a | 17/03/09 | Ground-up over two years or so I suppose with John Howard. Went first attempt this time round...might consider soloing this some time soon. Hardest ground-up to date. |
| CalaFuili | Chi Rompe Paga | 6b+ | 11/04/09 | Onsight with Mikey Nicholson. Soft with a bouldery crux right at the end. |
| CalaFuili | 10 Secondi | 6c | 11/04/09 | Onsight with Mikey Nicholson. Hard bouldery start, but not 6c. |
| CalaLuna | Puta Vida | 7a+ | 15/04/09 | Failed redpoint, it was good to see that I've learned something last summer. I dialed this fast but fell off the last move twice...next time. Steep route with some great holds! |
| CalaFuili | Condom Stress | 7a | 16/04/09 | Onsight with Paul Harrington. I don't think the grade is right, it felt more like 6b+ to me. Great climb though, never seen so many jugs in my life. |
| CloontyPrughlish | Unknown | HVS 4c | 02/05/09 | Loose rock and poor protection, not a nice experience. Onsight with Ailish Grennan. |
| CloontyPrughlish | Unknown | 6b | 02/05/09 | Flash with Ailish Grennan. Great arete climb definitly the best pick of the single pitch routes, a combination of bolts and gear. I'd say it's only 6a+ with the big rest on the ledge above the last gear placements, 6b without though. |
| Ailladie | Jumbo | HVS 5a | 03/05/09 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. I've put this one off after reading the comments on the route database on climbing.ie, probably my favorite comment of all time. Gear is fiddly alright, but good where it counts. |
| Ailladie | Gallows Pole | E2 5c | 03/05/09 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. So happy to onsight this, I must be getting back on form again. Pumpy at the top. |
| Ailladie | Sunstone (Direct Start) | E3 6a | 09/05/09 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Hardest onsight to date, first british 6a onsight....trilled. Quality route, fun run out at the top to give my arms a chance....awesome. |
| Ailladie | Line Of Fire | E2 5b | 10/05/09 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Been meaning to do this for years.....pumpy but fun, steep bridging up a corner. |
| Dalkey | Crime In The City Direct | E4/5 6a | 12/05/09 | Headpoint with Ailish Grennan. Don't really know how to grade something at this end of the grade...no real experience. I fluffed the top move but managed to hold it together to get my first FA in Dalkey. Not a hugely independant line, but more consistant than the original I think. This is hard E4 for definite but E5....well maybe for the onsight. |
| Dalkey | Great Central Route | E3 6a | 24/05/09 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Put this off for ages for some reason. Found this quite soft, probably to do with my height. I had the most problems on the move through the peg. |
| Dalkey | Gulf Crisis | E3 6a | 24/05/09 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Again another one thats been on the list for a while, an overlooked Dalkey classic. I think the grade is more like E3 5c, not 6a but there is a chance that if you fluff the crux you could land back on a ledge. It's soft for the tall though, more like E2 5b for me. |
| Fairhead | Burn Up | HVS 5a,5a | 31/05/09 | Great route, myself and John Howard has to back off this last year in the rain after the first pitch, I went back for round two with Matt Davis. Matt took pitch one, I took pitch two which was kinda onsight since I hadn't made it that far last year. had to run it out a lot because of not having enough big gear which made things exciting. Certainly makes for some interesting climbing for HVS. |
| Froggatt | Cave Crawl | HS 5a | 2009-06-13 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan, a bit of esoterica....more caving than climbing, a must do :P |
| Froggatt | Strapiombante | E1 5b | 2009-06-13 | Oh man I got spanked....I fell off Strapadictomy from the last move about 5 minutes before this and was just planning to use this to retrieve gear. I was so tired though that I fell off, thats my first fall off an E1 since 2006....ouch! Ah well, it was a fun route though....very short but pumpy and an exciting finish. |
| RobinProctorsScar | Subterranean Homesick Blues | 6a+ | 2009-06-14 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan, one move wonder. |
| RobinProctorsScar | Central Buttress | 6b | 2009-06-14 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan |
| RobinProctorsScar | The Man Who Fell To Earth | 7a | 2009-06-14 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan, second 7a onsight...this one felt closer to actualy being 7a but I'm not convinced. It was a bit contrived at the top which was a bit dissapointing since the rest of it was good quality. |
| Ailladie | Saddleback Sow | HVS 5b | 2009-06-20 | Solo |
| Ailladie | Marchanded Crack | E2 5b | 2009-06-20 | Onsight with Ailish Grenan. My 100th onsight, good route...very off balance feeling. |
| Ailladie | Lucy | E2 5b | 2009-06-21 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Really steep with jugs...awesome! |
| Ailladie | Jet | HS 4b | 2009-06-21 | Solo, I must have done this before this. I think when I did it originaly it was onsight solo. |
| ElCamino | Sonrisa Vertical | 6b | 2009-09-05 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan....cool flake climbing, really polished start. |
| ElCamino | Vlur | 6c | 2009-09-05 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan |
| ElCamino | Ven Abente | 6c+ | 2009-09-05 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. First route of the day without warming up after 3 days on...happy to tick it so easily. |
| AquestAnySi | Caco Que Te Mato | 7b | 2009-09-05 | Redpoint, 5 goes. Should have been 2/3 but I didn't have the sequence right for the last move...got it first try after working a new sequence. Thought it was hard for 7b.....great route. |
| Magara | Ucan Teneke | 6a+ | 2009-10-31 | Pumpy start, tricky finish. Onsight with Mikey Nicholson |
| Magara | Karinca | 7a | 2009-10-31 | 3 goes, tried it onsight and duffed the sequence, fell off at the last hold second attempt. Very sustained. Redpoint with Naomi Sturdy. |
| Magara | Muhtar | 5c | 2009-10-31 | Flash with Naomi Sturdy, interesting climbing. |
| Magara | Nirvana | 6a+ | 2009-10-31 | Onsight with Naomi Sturdy, awesome route. Sustained finish. |
| Magara | Mum Isiginda Yemek(left) | 6b+ | 2009-10-31 | Onsight with Naomi Sturdy, mostly easy with a pumpy sting in it's tail. |
| TurkishStandard | Pathfinder | 6a+ | 2009-10-31 | Onsight with Mikey Nicholson, technical climbing. |
| TurkishStandard | Adka Ozlem | 6b+ | 2009-10-31 | Onsight with Mikey Nicholson. Long route, enjoyable. |
| Trebenna | Greek Gift | 7b | 2009-10-31 | Redpoint with Naomi Sturdy. 2nd 7b, went very easily on the 3rd go. Big, comfy kneebar, then into a sustained boulder problem to the chains. |
| Trebenna | Aquaduct | 6b+ | 2009-10-31 | Onsight with Mikey Nicholson, went off-route so I got a good rest. Went back and did it properly a few days later. |
| Trebenna | Lycian Highway | 5c+ | 2009-10-31 | Onsight with Mikey Nicholson. First route of the trip, cool 3d bridging climbing. |
| Trebenna | Lycian Highway | 7b | 2009-10-31 | Flash with Naomi Sturdy. After talking to the Tobias, who opened the route, it looks like I went off route...not sure what grade I flashed, still felt hard. I had very little beta, I was only told that it was technical with boulder problems between big rest jugs. |
| Trebenna | Bone Bridge | 6a | 2009-10-31 | Onsight with Naomi Sturdy, the end felt hard for the grade...maybe 6a+/b? |
| Trebenna | Eclipse | 6c+ | 2009-10-31 | Onsight with Naomi Sturdy |
| Trebenna | Fight The Butcher | 7a | 2009-10-31 | Onsight with Naomi Sturdy. Well I flashed the 6b+ section and the onsighted the rest, it's only one boulder move on it. 6b+ route into 6A/B boulder problem then 6b+ route to the top...don't know about the grade, felt really easy. Will I ever onsight a 7a I think deserves the grade? |
| Trebenna | Latte Tsunami | 6c | 2009-10-31 | Onsight with Naomi Strudy, technical....nice route. |
| Trebenna | Oh La La | 5c+ | 2009-10-31 | Flash with Naomi Sturdy, a lot better that it looks... |
| Trebenna | Diplomarbeit | 7b | 2009-10-31 | Flash with Naomi Sturdy, one hell of a fight. Watched a video that Klaus from belgium made of someone climbing this last year...just about held it together with the beta I got from the video for the crux move. Got super pumped, almost came off the finishing jugs but pulled it together to shake it to the chain. First proper 7b flash. |
| Murroughkilly | Great Western | E1 5c | 2009-11-15 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Awesome route, looks a bit improbable for the grade but the jugs truely are HUGE! |
| Dalkey | Return To Innocence | E3 5c | 17/03/2010 | Onsight solo, been trying this for a while. Finally committed to it and finished. |
| Dalkey | Holymoac Direct | E2 5c | 17/03/2010 | Onsight solo, tried this with Adam in 2008 but down climbed and backed off. Finally finished it off. |
| Siurana | Bistec De Biceps | 7b+ | 2010-04-23 | Redpoint with Ailish Grennan, first try of the day. 4th try. |
| Siurana | Cargol Treu Banya | 7a | 2010-04-23 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Sustained, technical lower section. |
| Siurana | Nunca Me Llama Mi Novia | 7a | 2010-04-23 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Lots of mono's in the lower section, felt hard for the grade. Easy at the top. |
| Siurana | Burden Chuchen | 6c | 2010-04-23 | Flash with Ailish Grennan. This was Ailish's redpoint for the trip, I used it to warm up. Felt hard for 6c, maybe worth a plus. |
| Siurana | El Caganer | 6b | 2010-04-23 | Flash with Ailish Grennan. Pumpy warm up. |
| Siurana | Filomatic | 7a | 2010-04-23 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan, awesome little route. Great moves on an arete, felt quite easy. |
| Siurana | Petitet | 7a/+ | 2010-04-23 | Onsight with Sarah Campbell. Hard little start on this one, more of a crimpy boulder problem with an easy finish. |
| Siurana | Rauxa | 7b | 2010-04-23 | Redpoint with Ailish Grennan. Gave it a good try on the onsight, fell just below the first chain....should have got it onsight. |
| Siurana | El Ginestell | 6a | 2010-04-23 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Interesting little warm up. |
| Siurana | Can Fanga | 5+ | 2010-04-23 | First route of the trip with Ailish Grennan, onsight. |
| Siurana | Esquivapins | 6c | 2010-04-23 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan, one trick wonder through a roof. |
| Siurana | Cap De Tortuga | 7a+ | 2010-04-23 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Strange one, felt easy for the grade. Interesting move to get to the chain though. |
| Siurana | Lame Chuche Baby | 6b+ | 2010-04-23 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. |
| Siurana | Viagraman | 7a | 2010-04-23 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan, good route. Felt easy enough. |
| Siurana | Purgandos Populus | 7a+ | 2010-04-23 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. One long route, over 40m's I think. Just made it back to the first chain on a 60m rope. Technical climbing. |
| Siurana | Sua Sang | 6b+ | 2010-04-23 | Onsight with Sarah Campbell. Technical climbing, pumpy too. |
| Glendalough | Spillikin Ridge | E3 4c,5c | 2010-05-03 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Ailish took pitch 1 and I took the main pitch. Scared myself a little on this, used my size two nuts at the start, which would have been handy for the crux. Still, the route felt well within my limits. Quite technical with some fantastic off-balance moves, found it quite committing...great effort by Calvin. Definitly a 3 star classic. |
| Ailladie | Wall Of Fossils | E4 6a | 2010-05-08 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan, my first E4 onsight...or even attempted onsight. Felt well within my limit, hopefully that will mean good things for this season. Great route with awesome gear and moves. |
| Ailladie | Rollerball | E3 5c | 2010-05-09 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Good route, with better gear that it first looks like. Managed to find a peanut low down that made it a lot safer. The top crack is a lovely layback. |
| Ailladie | Blockhead | E5 6a | 2010-05-09 | With Ailish Grennan, fell off at one point going up to the side pull/fingerlock in the crack...a bit annoyed but not too much. A lot better protected than I was expecting. Should go first try next time I'm down. |
| Dalkey | Myasta Junction | E5 6b | 2010-05-25 | First repeat since the loss of a large block 10 years ago or so. This route was a bit of a mindgame for me so I'm happy to have finally done it. I did doubt that I'd do it for a while. Now I've just got to keep this pace up for the rest of the summer. Hmm where will I find my next Dalkey project, a completely new route perhaps. |
| Fairhead | Wall Of Prey | E5 6a | 2010-06-03 | Onsight with Sean Villanueva. First E5 onsight, hadn't planned to do this quite yet but Sean wanted to try Where The Grass Is Green so I had to hop on it to preserve my onsight....psyched. |
| Fairhead | Track Of The Cat | E4 6a | 2010-06-04 | Onsight with Sean Villanueva. Very happy with this one, felt like proper E4. I did the first ascent of the meet as well so it was chalkless as well. |
| Fairhead | Face Value | E4 6a,6a | 2010-06-06 | Onsight with Sean Villanueva. Great route, I took the first pitch and almost fluffed it but held on just barely after getting pumped silly. Happy but tired. |
| Fairhead | Icarus Gun | E3 6a | 2010-06-07 | Onsight with Sean Villanueva. Really good route, I thought it was closer to E4. Really interesting moves and a-typical of Fairhead. 4 stars. |
| Dinbren | Resist And Exist | 6b | 2010-06-12 | Flash with Neal McQuaid |
| Dinbren | Where's The Presidents Brain | 6b+ | 2010-06-12 | Flash with Neal McQuaid. |
| LPT | Under The Boardwalk | 6b+ | 2010-06-13 | Onsight with Neal McQuaid. Great route, very interesting finish. Not 6b+, more like 6c. |
| MuckrossHead | Scut | E1 5c | 2010-06-19 | Onsight solo. It's graded E2 5a in the guid, but it's neither. Well protected climbing with a definite crux. |
| MuckrossHead | Elvis | E3 6a | 2010-06-19 | Solo, climbed this 3 times this weekend, once on lead and twice solo...what a route. Probably soft for E3, but it could just suit me. |
| MuckrossHead | Cois Farraige | VS 4c | 2010-06-19 | Solo, downclimbed after Elvis. |
| MuckrossHead | Pump Up The Vallium | E3 6a | 2010-06-20 | Onsight with Ailish Grennan. Fantastic route, great gear and great moves. Felt like top end E3 to me. |
| MuckrossHead | Birdie | E2 5c | 2010-06-20 | Onsight Solo, fun route. Big holds far apart. |
| Dalkey | Hari Kari Groove | E3 5c | 2010-06-26 | Lead with Diarmuid Bourke. Tried this years ago with Martino, and then seconded Adam up it on an aborted attempt. Awesome route. Someone has recently replaced the peg on the upper arete making this much safer, the old one wasn't very confidence inspiring. |
| Glendalough | Sarcophagus | HVS 4b,5a,5a,5a | 2010-06-27 | Onsight with Diarmuid Bourke. Dragon took pitch 1 and 2 run together and I did the last too run together. One of the best routes I've done. Great climbing, highly recommended. |
| Glendalough | Scimitar Crack | HVS 4b,5a | 2010-06-27 | Onsight with Diarmuid Bourke. Dragon took the first pitch and I took the second. Interesting crux on some slightly worrying quartz, but enjoyable. |
| Ailladie | Midnight Summers Dream | E3 5c | 2010-07-17 | Onsight with Colm Shannon, enjoyable route. Always overlooked this one but it's definitly worth doing. |
| Ailladie | Mutcher | HVS 4c | 2010-07-18 | Onsight Solo, not a bad wee line that I've never even noticed before, no gear at all at the bottom though. Enjoyable. |
| Ailladie | Altered Images | E1 5b | 2010-07-18 | Onsight Solo, well maybe not truely onsight...I might have seen John Howard lead this, but I can't remember. One move wonder really. |
| Ailladie | Moments Of Inertia | E2 5c | 2010-07-18 | Solo, downgraded since the last guide. The grades about right for me, but way off for any of the sub 6 foot crew. |
| Dalkey | Smouldering Stirrups | E2 6a | 2010-08-08 | Lead with John Howard. First route in our failed attempt at the Dalkey E2 crack challenge....as a side note...there's no way in hell that The Gnasher is E2, E3 6b through and through. |
| Ailladie | Virtual Image | E3 6a | 2010-08-14 | One fall with John Howard. Should have had this one...went to a wrong hold then my head and everything else went wrong...ah well, there's plenty more fish in the sea. |
| Ailladie | Durka 5a | 5a | 2010-08-15 | First deep water solo, the easiest of the Durka's |
| Aillnagapple | Singing In The Rain | VS 4c | 2010-08-21 | First route in a new area, enjoyable slab climbing with more holds than there first appears. |
| Aillnagapple | Delivery Boy | HS 4a | 2010-08-22 | New route solo, a bit scrappy at the bottom but the groove in the top half is fun. |
| Aillnagapple | The Emperors Trousers | Diff | 2010-08-22 | Solo new route, downclimbed onsight. |
| Aillnagapple | Your Ma! | E2 5c | 2010-08-22 | Onsight new route with Ailish Grennan. Really enjoyable, some intersting moves between two breaks with a lot more gear than there first appears. Short people may hate me for this one. |